SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION OF FAMILY FARMING IN EASTERN AMAZON

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In seeking to ensure the social reproduction of their families within the regional context of current conditions, farmers in Maraba frontier have sought to adopt new production and social strategies. The family farms are going through processes of adaptation of production systems to increase the possibilities of remaining in place. This paper aims to present some of the new social reproduction strategies used by family farmers in settlements in the region of Maraba. The survey was conducted in the settlements Blue Lake and Palm Jussara, from a sample of 33 family farms, having been used semi-structured and structured questionnaires for the empirical study. Changes were observed from strategies that target the diversification of productive activities and the diversification of income sources that can contribute to social reproduction of farmers and sustainability of their systems.   KEY-WORDS: adaptation, maintenance, production systems.